I would totally join this if I wasn't in Seattle. And fighting a lingering cold. I've actually been thinking about organizing some mini game jams with a handful of my fellow artists and some coderly friends for a few months now.

Bummed I can't make this. I really like the idea of a game-focused hackathon.

Ludum Dare is this weekend. http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/

Yea I'll be in Cabo. Not sure what's better.... vacation or hackin.

I'm in QA for a software company in SF and not a developer by trade, would I still be useful in being apart of the teams or would this be a developer only situation?

Nowadays there's many tools and SDKs to help you build games rapidly. I'd encourage you to register and try to learn some more about game development in the next few weeks. :)

Awesome stuff. Also drop me an email some time - ben at playtomic.